Une escapade romantique vire au drame quand un mari et sa femme sont piégés dans une tente avec un serpent mortel.

Un film de Amanda Evans

Afrique du Sud, 2017, Fiction, 1h25, Thriller

Premier Film

Producteur : Greig Buckle

Réalisatrice : Amanda Evans
Scénariste : Amanda Evans


Cast
Credited cast:
Tom Ainsley Tom Ainsley…
Adam Kealey
Sarah Dumont Sarah Dumont…
Gwynneth Kealey
Skye Russell Skye Russell…
Pam


2017 | Durban Film Festival, South Africa | Juillet 2017
* Selection – Competition Feature Film
* Selection – South African
* Première Africaine / African Premiere
* Prix de la Critique Africaine – Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
http://www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/index.php/film/item/3317-serpent

2017 | Los Angeles Film Festival, USA
* Won: Nightfall Award (for Amanda Evans)
* Première Mondiale / World Premiere
* Projection : 17 juin 2017, 21h55
https://tickets.lafilmfestival.com/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=serpent

A romantic escape into nature turns into the ultimate moment of reckoning when a husband and wife are trapped in a tent with a deadly snake. Unable to escape and with certain death looming, the tent becomes a heated confessional to a cataclysmic truth. Betrayed, the couple finds themselves spiraling into a dark and dangerous space of which only one can survive.

When Adam’s grant is approved to research a rare species of South African beetle, his wife Gwen convinces him to bring her along in an effort to repair their rocky relationship and assuage her own secret guilt. Upon reaching the lush, forebodingly-named Suicide Gorge, Adam and Gwen settle in and set up camp. When their slumber is disturbed by the gut-wrenching revelation that a venomous Black Mamba is zipped inside the tent with them, the couple discovers that the harrowing physical threat they face is equally matched by a rapidly spiraling, dark and dangerous psychological showdown.

This tightly wound thriller lets the setting work its magic, as rising temperature, claustrophobia and revealed secrets allow performances to really shine. First-time director Amanda Evans artfully builds intensity while drawing out emotional horrors in a film in which dark metaphor is entwined with ever-tightening suspense.

A film by Amanda Evans

South Africa, 2017, Feature, 1h25, Thriller

starring Tom Ainsley, Sarah Dumont, Skye Russell

Feature directorial debut



Producers:
Anant Singh (VideoVision)
Greig Buckle (Enigma Pictures)
Amanda Evans


Director: Amanda Evans
Writer: Amanda Evans


2017 | Durban Film Festival, Afrique du Sud
* Selection – Competition Feature Film
* Selection – South African
* Première Mondiale / World Premiere
www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/index.php/film/item/3312-asinamali

Country: South Africa
Language: English
Filming Locations: South Africa

Greig Buckle… producer
Amanda Evans… producer
Anant Singh… producer
Brian Cox… executive producer
Robert Naidoo… executive producer
Sudhir Pragjee… executive producer
Sanjeev Singh… executive producer

Music by Andrew Schär
Cinematography by Jacques Koudstaal
Film Editing by Mandy Roberts, Andrea Shaw, Richard Starkey
Danielle Nel… conform editor
Mieke Vlaming… assistant editor

Jade Hill… foley artist
David Houston… a.d.r. recordist / foley recordist
James Olivier… foley artist / sound designer / sound effects editor
Simon Ratcliffe… re-recording mixer / sound supervisor
Jack Van Wyk… foley recordist
Richard West… dialogue editor / re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor

Monique Ray… visual effects producer
Derik van den Berg… cg supervisor: LocoVFX
Jean-Claude van Staden… modeler
George Webster… visual effects supervisor
David Whitehouse… visual effects producer: Loco VFX

Dan Hirst… stunt coordinator
Jeaneliz de Nys… animator

Simon Ratcliffe… score mixer
Jane Fry… completion bond rep

Production: Enigma Pictures

Distributors
Future Film (2017) (Finland) (all media)
Distant Horizons Ltd. (2016) (World-wide) (theatrical)
Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2017) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East, North Africa & Iran)


2017 | Durban Film Festival, South Africa
* Selection – Competition Feature Film
* Selection – South African
* Première Africaine / African Premiere
* Prix de la Critique Africaine – Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Prize
http://www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/index.php/film/item/3317-serpent

2017 | Los Angeles Film Festival, USA
* Won: Nightfall Award (for Amanda Evans)
* Première Mondiale / World Premiere
* Screening: 17 June 2017, 9:55 PM
https://tickets.lafilmfestival.com/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=serpent